Welcome to the Enterprise Facility Solutions blog!  We will use this forum to post articles and opinions on all sorts of topics related to the design, construction and operational management of multi-site building portfolios.  If you work for, or support, any organization that falls within the definition of a multi-site, this blog is for you!

For the purposes of this blog, a multi-site building portfolio can be defined as follows: a grouping of facilities, usually separated by some distance, all of which are used to perform similar activities under a consistent brand identity.  These buildings are typically owned, leased and/or operated by a single organization and serve as a means to deliver that organization’s products and services to customers.  This can include: retailers, convenience stores, restaurants, telecommunications and healthcare – just to name a few.

Here’s a high level summary of the topics that you’ll see over the coming year – stay tuned!

• Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan – Implementing Strategic Facility Asset Management Programs (6-part series)
• Grocery Store Energy Efficiency – Sustaining Savings from Refrigeration Retro-Commissioning Programs
• The Work Order Process – Don’t Forget the Data!
• Finding Success with Monitoring Based Commissioning Programs
• Building Support for Preventive Maintenance Programs – A How-To Guide
• The “Real Story” Behind Sustaining the Savings from Building Tune-ups and Retro-Commissioning
• Procuring Engineered Assets – Can’t We All Just Work Together?
• Fix it, Replace it or Let it Die?  Making Informed Financial Decisions for Engineered Systems
• Refrigerant Management Programs – Predicting and Planning For the Future
• Identifying and Addressing Systemic Operational Issues in Multi-Site Building Portfolios
• Forecasting Long-Term Capital and Expense Requirements with Confidence
• Vendor Management 101 – Creating Lasting Win-Win Relationships
• Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics (AFDD) – Is Predictive Analytics Ready for Prime Time?
• Where Did All the Technicians Go?  Addressing the Shortage of Qualified Field Expertise in Commercial Refrigeration
• Commercial Refrigeration – Winning the War Against Bacteria
• HVAC and Refrigeration Reliability – Correlating Uptime with Sales